GPS is going away for precision location and timing. Although currently classified, the ability to do what GPS does with natural resources has come of age. The USAF no longer wants to maintain Navstar/GPS. The Dept of Commerce might take it but the military no longer wants it in their inventory. The MIC wants it, but not the warfighters.
This is something I can proudly say today I was directly involved with 30+ years ago. The result of that work not only earned a half dozen of us our PhDs in physics but also made GPS extremely accurate. It also discovered some natural things that can be used for navigation that makes GPS superfluous.
Am I teasing this out, yes, because I suspect this issue will become public very soon and be declassified. It has to, some new aircraft coming online use it. GPS is a great system that was needed for more than people know. It did more to advance navigation and safety than anything else I can think of. It was the dream of scientists and engineers dating before the last century. It was born of necessity, but it will end from obsolescence due to man’s discovery of the world around him.
DM...
Hmmmm... you sure you’re on the right thread? Or maybe I’m a bit slow this morning.
I look forward your future thread (when declassified) that explains what your group did and what new discoveries were made.